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Global bonds reeling as oil surge rekindles inflation threat
Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 03:48 PMGLOBAL bonds were pummelled last week by the latest resurgence in energy prices, delivering losses to investors who bet the worst of...
China fines Trip.com US$765 million for abusing market dominance
Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 02:35 PM[BEIJING] Chinese regulators fined Trip.com Group 5.18 billion yuan (US$765 million), concluding that the country’s largest travel booking platform abused its market...
Big Asia stock funds turn to laggards to cut risk from AI swings
Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 02:05 PM[HONG KONG] Investors in Asia are snapping up stocks from Indonesian banks to Chinese e-commerce titans and Indian technology firms, trimming bets...
El Nino worsens plight of Asia’s rice belt after war price shock
[SINGAPORE] A dry spell is sweeping across Asia’s rice fields, dealing another blow to farmers grappling with steep fuel and fertiliser prices triggered by the war in Iran.From Vietnam...
Nvidia to invest US$1 billion in Naver and expand SK Group accord
Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 01:05 PM[SEOUL] Nvidia will invest US$1 billion in Naver to help finance an artificial intelligence data centre under construction in South Korea, adding...
BlackRock gets soft demand for bond sale after AI debt sell-off
Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 11:23 AM[NEW YORK] BlackRock has seen weaker-than-usual demand for a corporate bond sale tied to a Meta Platforms data centre project in Texas,...
Billionaire founder of Chinese broker Futu faces his toughest test
A securities fraud class action lawsuit is pending against Futu, Li Hua, chief financial officer Chen Yu[HONG KONG] From an early engineer at Tencent to the billionaire founder of Futu, Li...
Oil falls on report China pushing for end US-Iran war
Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 08:40 AM[HOUSTON] Crude oil futures prices were more than 4 per cent lower on Friday (Jul 24) after sources said that China had...
Europe: Shares gain as SAP lifts tech stocks; Middle East on watch
Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 08:28 AM[BENGALURU] European shares rose on Friday (Jul 24) after registering their steepest one-day loss in two weeks in the previous session, as...
US: Nasdaq lags on angst over AI spending ahead of earnings reports
Published Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 08:11 AM[NEW YORK] The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell on Friday (Jul 24) as investors sold chip stocks on worries about massive spending on artificial...
